I write features, interviews and reviews on a whole range of subjects. Although my main specialties are music, the arts, design, the outdoors and Yorkshire, I’m happy to tackle any other topic and turn it into a captivating piece.
I’ve been a regular contributor to The Wire for nearly two decades, writing features, reviews and interviews: you’ll find a (not quite comprehensive) list of my pieces here.
Below is a selection of pieces for other magazines and websites: click on the links to either visit the featured publication or view a cutting of the article.
Music & Art
‘Is the synth the ultimate feminist instrument?’ (BBC Radio 3/Late Junction)
‘No More Old Rules’ (Sounds Like Now, reproduced on the Another Timbre website)
‘Synth-Aesthesia: CeReNeM’s Future Sounds’ (Red Bull Music Academy)
Matmos & So Percussion interview (INTO)
PJ Harvey & John Parish cover feature (Plan B)
Philip Jeck interview (Plan B)
Hauschka: Five questions for Volker Bertelmann (Metro)
Five questions for Adem (Metro)
Death: the Detroit band that never sold out (guardian.co.uk)
Hanne Hukkelberg up above the Arctic Circle (Plan B)
The Miners’ Hymns review (Frieze)
Compass Series feature (INTO)
Janek Schaefer Sound Art retrospective review (Frieze)
Artist and Camera: Peter Mitchell interview (Metro)
Design & Creativity
The Designer’s Cookbook [14-page cover feature] (Computer Arts) extracts 1 2 3
Transform Your Fortunes [12-page cover feature] (Computer Arts) extract
The Design Manual: 10 high-impact ways to create eye-catching packaging (Computer Arts)
I wrote much of the copy for the regular Design Manual section of Computer Arts for issues 205-212; prior to that I wrote the bulk of the new projects showcase section Output for issues 192-204.
School Days: Sheffield (Muso)
Summer Schools (Muso)
Music Matbakh (Link)
Outdoors, Events & Destinations
Five unmissable gems in Leeds’ museums & galleries (Time Out)
Five cheese-free New Year’s Eves in Leeds (Time Out)
Events previews for The Guide (Guardian) including summer holidays, brass band battles, swimming-pool doodling and the world toe-wrestling championships.
Walking with pack ponies (Countryfile)
From moors to shores: The Cleveland Way in depth (Walk)
The Frame Game (TransPennine Express Explorer)
Leeds destination guide (Livewire)
York Minster mason interview (Livewire)